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There was another thread but not sure where it is about the clutch upgrade. The one where you add the full disc and remove some other parts. I actually done that a couple of years ago and was never really happy with it. I didn't like the clutch engagement point or even the way it acted. A month or so the thing started slipping again. 75K miles on the bike. I was checking all my options, barrnet spring etc. What I ended up doing was ordering all new parts from Yamaha. Clutch is real solid, engagement point is where it should be and I'm happy again. Kind of reinforces what I have thought all along, original parts and sizing always seem to work best. BOO
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Not quite Venture related but big motorcycle news. It has been all over the News here in Milwaukee the home of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, that they are considering closing all of their plants and leaving 1400+ Wisconsin workers without a job. In the paper today it said that they went from a record $1+billion profit in 2006 to a $75million loss last year, and this year looks worse. It may just be the "usual" union breaking tactic of threatening to close the plants and leave town if they do not get major wage concessions and/or tax incentives. We shall see what happens in the near future.
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My eldest nephew recently bought a house a few blocks from where his folks live. A nice 4 bedroom house. The front flowerbed had the "Southwest Motif" as far as selected vegetation was concerned. There was a selection of cactus, Yucca and three large Agave plants. Herein lies the problem he had with these. He has a 3-year old son and a 7-year old daughter. Having been a kid at one time myself, I know it'll be just a matter of time before one of the kids comes running in screamingly because of a bad encounter with something pointy. Nephew wanted the plants gone and I needed an Agave for my flowerbed to put an end to some neighborhood stray dogs from bedding down in my flowerbed. So we had a break in the weather today and we made arrangements to perform an Agave transplant today. The plan was for nephew to leave a garden hose on overnight slowly trickling in order to loosen up the roots. We'd then wrap a chain around the trunks and pull 'em out with my truck. Everything went as planned except for us destroying the roots on the smallest of the Agave plants. No problem. Between the two others, there ought to be one that was the right size to fill the spot in my flowerbed and the remaining plants were going to have to be either disposed or given away. We loaded the three plants up, threw a strap across the back and with the tailgate down and topper lid up we headed home. I had concerns that I probably should have placed a sign on the back that said "Do not tailgate!" as the largest of the plants was at the back with the spines pointing out like a porcupine. Got home and got to measuring. The largest of the three was going to be the one getting planted at my house. Got the hole dug in the flowerbed, fashioned a rope harness so I could lift the thing by myself without getting harpooned in the process and stuck it in the ground. I then called one of my brothers up and his wife wanted the other plant that had the good root structure. I ran that over to him, made her happy and then dropped the bad one off at the shrub shredding place. All in all, a productive day and I'm very happy with the end result. http://i41.tinypic.com/2r4opjo.jpg
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